In late summer on many Western rivers, an insect hatch of great importance occurs that provides a lot of action for fly fishers. This hatch is the midge, a small, swarming cloud of trout protein that ...

Midges rule the local water for the next few months. Sporadic hatches of Blue-Winged Olives (BWOs) may appear, but the mainstay for repeatable success rides on the smallest nymphs in your fly box. If ...

Note: The area rivers fishing report, courtesy of Duranglers Flies and Supplies. San Juan River, New Mexico: 453 cfs, recently increased. Fishing is good right now but watch for water to discolor at ...

BASALT – Time to mix it up! This is the beginning of longer days and warmer evenings, which heat up the fishing throughout the valley. Thoughts of skiing are frequent, and there are certainly a few ...

San Juan River: Counselor resident Michelle Haines caught a 20-inch rainbow trout on Oct. 18 using a brown San Juan worm. In addition to the brown San Juan worms, fishing for trout in the quality ...

They’re small. They are here all the time. And they must taste good, because trout will eat the littlest bug in the river all year. Trout snack on midges again and again, like Tic Tacs. Midges are the ...

It’s barely February, the first day of spring is nearly two months out, and April 1 — a day that in many parts of the country is still considered “opening day” in angler speak — is three months off, ...

Although this hasn t been much of a winter for snow and cold, it has been wintry enough to keep me inside most of the time. That has left me with a little too much time on my hands and a need for ...

BASALT – Fishing has been hot! Right now the sweet spot on the Roaring Fork and Fryingpan is between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m., the bankers’ hours. There is no real need to get out there too early; let the ...